Before the team kicks off their Calder Cup Playoff journey - in a couple of weeks thanks to a first-round bye - let’s put a bow on the 2024-25 campaign by looking at all the highlights, record performances and more!
THE FINAL NUMBERS
- Record
- 44-22-3-3 (2nd Atlantic Division, 3rd in Eastern Conference, 4th in AHL)
- Power Play
- 21.2% (5th in AHL)
- Penalty Kill
- 86.6% (1st in AHL)
- Offense
- 3.25 (t-8th in AHL)
- Defense
- 2.57 (t-9th in AHL)
- Shots For
- 31.82 (2nd in AHL)
- Shots Against
- 23.29 (1st in AHL)
- Shorthanded Goals For
- 16 (1st in AHL)
- Shorthanded Goals Against
- 27 (t-23rd in AHL)
RECORD PERFORMANCES
- The Checkers won 44 games this season, the most since 2018-19 and tied for the third most in franchise history
- John Leonard tied the franchise record for goals in a single season with 36, originally set by Zach Boychuk in 2013-14
- John Leonard set franchise records for both shorthanded goals (5) and shorthanded points (7) in a single season, breaking the records originally set by Warren Foegele in 2017-18
- John Leonard tied for the third-most game-winning goals in a season in franchise history (8), trailing only Aleksi Saarela (2018-19) and Warren Foegele’s (2017-18) nine
- John Leonard finished with 61 points, tying for sixth all-time in franchise history for a single season
- John Leonard set a franchise single-season record with 252 shots on goal, breaking Jerome Samson’s previous record of 245 from 2010-11
- Trevor Carrick became the third defenseman in franchise history to record 50 points in a season, joining Bobby Sanguinetti (50 in 2011-12) and Lucas Carlsson (54 in 2022-23)
- Trevor Carrick scored eight power-play goals, tied for the most in a single season by a defenseman in franchise history with Mark Flood’s 2013-14 total
- Ken Appleby tied a franchise record with six shutouts this season, matching Justin Peter’s total from 2012-13
- Ken Appleby registered the lowest goals-against average for a qualified goalie in franchise history (1.96), breaking Alex Nedeljkovic’s record of 2.26 from 2018-19
- Matt Kiersted tied for the second highest plus-minus rating in a single season in franchise history (+34), trailing only Philip Samuelsson’s +44 in 2017-18
- Oliver Okuliar became the first Checker to break 100 penalty minutes since Kole Lind in 2021-22
LEAGUE RANKINGS
- Matt Kiersted led the AHL in plus-minus
- Ken Appleby tied for the league lead in goals-against average
- John Leonard tied for the league lead in shorthanded goals
- John Leonard tied for the league lead in shorthanded points
- John Leonard tied for the league lead in game-winning goals
- John Leonard ranked second in the AHL in shots on goal
- Ken Appleby ranked second in the AHL in shutouts
- Trevor Carrick ranked second among AHL defensemen in power-play points
- John Leonard tied for second in the AHL in goals
- Trevor Carrick tied for second among AHL defensemen in power-play assists
- Rasmus Asplund tied for third in the AHL in shorthanded points
- Trevor Carrick ranked fourth among AHL defensemen in power-play goals
- Rasmus Asplund tied for fourth in the AHL in shorthanded goals
- Jaycob Megna tied for fifth in the AHL in plus-minus
- Trevor Carrick tied for fifth among AHL defensemen in goals, assists and points
- Trevor Carrick tied for sixth in the AHL in power-play assists
- Mike Benning tied for seventh among AHL defensemen in game-winning goals
- John Leonard tied for eighth in the AHL in power-play goals
- John Leonard tied for 10th in the AHL in points
- Rasmus Asplund led the AHL in empty-net goals with the highest total since the league began tracking that stat in 2004-05
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- Justin Sourdif scored his first NHL goal on Feb. 25
- Patrick Giles made his NHL debut with Florida on Oct. 12
- Jaycob Megna made his Panthers debut on April 2
- Tobias Bjornfot appeared in 14 games for the Panthers, his most in the NHL since 2021-22
- Rasmus Asplund logged six games with the Panthers, his first NHL action since 2022-23
- Matt Kiersted recorded one assist in two games for Florida this season, his first NHL action since 2022-23
- Jesse Puljujarvi made his Panthers debut on April 6 and scored one goal in five games with Florida
- Oliver Okuliar and Mikulas Hovorka made their North American pro debuts with Charlotte
- Sandis Vilmanis, Marek Alscher, Liam McLinskey, Brett Chorske, Jack Devine, Eamon Powell and Colton Huard all made their pro debuts with Charlotte
